Coppin State University News February 24, 2012 Constellation Energy Awards Grant to Coppin State University On February 24, Coppin State University will host a kick-off ceremony for the E2 Energy to Educate grant from the Constellation Energy Foundation in the amount of $50,000. The ceremony will take place in Coppin Academy High School's student cafeteria at noon. "The E2 grant program targets projects that advance energy innovation and build on student knowledge and application of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)," states Constellation Energy's news release. "The grant will support a variety of initiatives, ranging from wind turbine design, electric vehicle, and solar vehicle competitions, to LEED building designs using the school building itself as a laboratory, and from electric vehicle charging station for cold-weather climates to examining our of own actions causal effects of behaviors and the energy supply chain." Coppin Academy High School students will partner with faculty members and students of Coppin State University's Center for Nanotechnology to explore the properties of solar cell and investigate how nanomaterials are used to increase the solar conversion efficiency of solar cells. Students will design, simulate and fabricate new solar cells performance using organic materials, through the Solar Cell and Technology Project, a partnership between CSU and Coppin Academy High School. "The 'E2 Energy to Educate' project will help grow the next generation of renewable energy CSU undergraduates and Coppin Academy High School scientist by offering a series of training program like hands on design, simulation and experiment of solar energy efficiency," states Dr. M. Jamal Uddin, principal investigator of the E2 program. Mayo A. Shattuck III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Constellation Energy says, "the Energy to Educate program helps to underscore the importance of providing all of our children with a quality education while at the same time preparing them to address our energy challenges." "Through these projects, students will explore innovative ways to promote the necessary transition to a more secure, efficient and low-emissions energy system, while learning math and science skills that will help them compete in the global marketplace. This program also serves as an extension of our efforts to strengthen our communities and economy by investing in the people and technologies that will create the energy infrastructure of the future." For more information about the Constellation Energy E2 program , contact Dr. Jamal Uddin at the Center for Nanotechnology Center at (410) 951-4118 SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.